Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...

Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...

Diverse life forms exist on and within the ocean floor. These primarily consist of microbes, tiny organisms that can cope ...

Meet the Atlantic wolffish, green humphead parrotfish, and other unusual species with extraordinary adaptations.

Underneath the ocean's surface lies a vast and ancient world. As demand for sustainable technologies increases, attention is ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and ...

A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new deep-sea species in the Southern Ocean, including the ominously nicknamed “death-ball” ...

New Carnivorous death ball sponge found by the ROV SuBastian at 3601 metres at the Trench North dive site, east of Montagu Island. A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by ...